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Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra visits Cambodia for high-level talks with the government of Cambodia over a variety of issues, including the ownership of the disputed Preah Vihear Temple. //www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Ousted-Thai-Leader-Embraces-Cambodian-PM-130015693.html (Voice of America)

Hundreds of United States citizens rally to peacefully occupy Wall Street, demonstrating against corporate dominance and perceived tax evasion by the super-rich. The movement is reportedly inspired by the periodic protests tactic of the Arab Spring. //stream.aljazeera.com/story/us-protesters-rally-occupy-wall-street (Al-Jazeera)

Occupy Wall Street protests begin in the United States. This develops into the Occupy movement which spreads to 82 countries by October.ref name=cnn

Tanzanian authorities charge four people with negligence in relation to the Zanzibar ferry sinking that cost at least 240 lives on September 10. //www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/world/africa/four-are-charged-in-tanzania-ferry-sinking.html (AP via "New York Times")

The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 440 points as the bailout of the American International Group by the Federal Reserve fails to reassure jittery investors. //www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/business/18markets.html ("The New York Times")

The International Astronomical Union classifies Haumea as the 5th dwarf planet in the Solar System.

India deploys Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads in Jammu and Kashmir amidst continuing ceasefire violations with Pakistan along the Line of Control. //timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fighter_jets_deployed_in_JK_amid_Indo-Pak_tension/articleshow/3493057.cms ("Times of India")

The International Astronomical Union classifies Haumea as the fifth dwarf planet in the Solar System and names it after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility. //www.iau.org/public_press/news/release/iau0807/ (IAU press release)

Sweden's center-right opposition alliance Alliance for Sweden declares victory after nearly complete official election results showed it narrowly defeating the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party. The Prime Minister of Sweden, Göran Persson, conceded defeat. //abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2455832CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (ABC News)

In the New Zealand general election, the Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Helen Clark, seems best placed to form a new government. Although the opposition National Party of Dr. Don Brash makes the greatest gains, these are mainly at the expense of minor parties. All the existing minor parties lose seats, with only the new Māori Party making gains. (//www.electionresults.govt.nz/partystatus.html Elections New Zealand)/text

Richard Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, resigns amid criticism of his compensation package and the fact that the compensation was approved without input from the exchange's board of directors.

The New York Stock Exchange reopens following the terrorist attacks in New York.

Iraq disarmament crisis: While waiting for access to a site, UNSCOM inspectors witness and videotape Iraqi guards moving files, burning documents, and dumping waste cans into a nearby river.

Heather Whitestone becomes the first hearing impaired contestant to win the Miss America entitlement. Whitestone becomes Miss America 1995.

Russian troops withdraw from Poland.

Two Kurdish opposition leaders are assassinated by the Iranian Kazem Darabi and the Lebanese Abbas Rhayel.

September 17 NYC Crash - Telephone and data service to Kennedy, La Guardia, and Newark airports goes down. A loss of battery power in several of ATT's switching stations is at fault.

North Korea, South Korea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

October 2 – The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea.

At a small rally in Harlem, televangelistPat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.

Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada.

Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African-American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

"Ric Flair" defeats Dusty Rhodes to win his first World Heavyweight Wrestling Chionship in Kansas City.

The C David Accords are signed between Israel and Egypt.

The space shuttle "Enterprise" is rolled out of a Palmdale, California hangar.

The space shuttle ''Enterprise'' is rolled out of a Palmdale, California hangar.

Uganda announces that there are Tanzanian troops in its territory.

The D'Oliveira Affair: The Marylebone Cricket Club tour of South Africa is cancelled when the South Africans refuse to accept the presence of Basil D'Oliveira, a Cape Coloured, in the side.

The D'Oliveira Affair: The Marylebone Cricket Club tour of South Africa is cancelled when the South Africans refuse to accept the presence of Basil D'Oliveira, a Cape Coloured, in the side.

Soviet PremierAlexei Kosygin invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate.

Comet Ikeya-Seki is first sighted by Japanese astronomers.

King Constantine II of Greece forms a new government with Prime Minister Stephanos Stephanopoulos, in an attempt to end a 2-year-old political crisis.

In Denmark, Palle Sørensen shoots 4 policemen in pursuit he is apprehended the same day.

Military rulers in Turkey hang former prime minister Adnan Menderes.

The first "Navy Navigation Satellite System" Transit 1A is launched but fails to reach orbit.

William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies" is published in London.

The Canadian steamship "SS Noronic" burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.

Lehi members assassinate Swedish count Folke Bernadotte.

National Security Act of 1947 becomes effective on this day creating the United States Air Force, National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency.

War Department becomes the Department of the Army, a branch of the new Department of Defense.

September 21 ndash The 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, causes widespread damage and kills 51 people.

WWII: Operation Market Garden begins.

WWII: The Villefranche-de-Rouergue uprising takes place.

September 18 ndash WWII: in the Atlantic with the loss of 248 of the 406 on board, including child evacuees bound for Canada. This results in cancellation of the British Children's Overseas Reception Board's plan to relocate children overseas.

WWII: The Soviet Union invades Poland and then occupies eastern Polish territories.

Neville Chamberlain returns temporarily to London to confer with his cabinet. The Russian army masses along the Ukrainian frontier. Rumania agrees to allow Russian soldiers free passage across her territory to defend Czechoslovakia.

Abraham Lincoln's head is dedicated at Mount Rushmore.

A coup ousts Augustinas Voldemaras in Lithuania the new president is Antanas Smetona.

A major fire in Berkeley, California erupts, consuming some 640 structures, including 584 homes in the densely built neighborhoods north of the cus of the University of California.

Dutch cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes World Chion Sprinter.

The National Football League was founded.

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

In Chicago, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith is founded, with Sigmund Livingston as its first president.

Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat the Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

Civil War veteran Charles Jefferson Wright founds New York Military Academy with 75 students on of land in Cornwall, New York.

The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, later The Ohio State University, opens its doors with 25 students, including 2 women.

American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.

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Battle of Antietam: Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the bloodiest day in U.S. history (with over 22,000 casualties).

In San Francisco, California, Joshua Norton proclaims himself to be His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

The Peace of Hamina is signed between Russia and Sweden in the Finnish War. The territory to become the Grand Principality of Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.

U.S. President George Washington issues his "Farewell Address", which warns against partisan politics and foreign entanglements.

The United States Constitution is adopted by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).

Mahmud I (1730–1754) succeeds Ahmed III (1703–1730) as Ottoman Emperor.

The Glasite sect is formed.

Charles II of Spain becomes King while not yet four years old.

Thirty Years\\\\' War: In the Battle of Breitenfeld, Tilly's imperial army is decisively defeated by Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, shattering the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire and marking the first significant victory for the Protestants in the war.

Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Breitenfeld, Tilly's imperial army is decisively defeated by Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, shattering the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire and marking the first significant victory for the Protestants in the war.

October 7 ndash Battle of Cecora: The Ottoman Empire defeats Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth–Moldavian troops.

The Spanish capture Amiens.

Ghent falls into the hands of Alexander Farnese, governor of the Spanish Netherlands.

The first translation of the complete Bible into the Slovenian language: "Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina" (Wittenberg), is published by Jurij Dalmatin.

The Belgian cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius features Ming Dynasty-era Chinese carriages with masts and sails in his atlas "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" concurrent and later Western writers also take note of this peculiar Chinese invention.

Raja Ijau comes to power and rules the once Malay kingdom of Pattani.

Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.

Emmanuel College, Cambridge, founded by Sir Walter Mildmay.

December ndash The Treaty of Joinville is signed secretly between the French Catholic League and Spain.

The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.

Portugal begins to settle the Cape Verde islands with slaves from the coast of Guinea.

The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.

Thirteen Years\\' War ndash Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.

King Charles VI of France orders the expulsion of all Jews from France.

John VII Palaiologos seeks refuge with the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I after John V Palaiologos is restored by his son, Manuel, and the Republic of Venice.

Aberdeen becomes a royal burgh.

The Cathedral of Sens installs the first horologe.

Construction begins on the London Bridge.

The first recorded WelshEisteddfod is held by Rhys ap Gruffydd at Cardigan.

The Carthusian Order is approved.

Battle of Myriokephalon: The Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel I Comnenus.

Unkei completes his statue of Dainchi Nyorai (National Treasure)

Martin I arrives in Constantinople, where he is eventually deposed as pope by the emperor Constans II.

Remistus, Roman general ("magister militum"), is besieged with a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace "in Classis", outside the city.